achicochi LLC offers Coliving experience for digital nomads using cultural property buildings to allow visitors from overseas to experience the traditional culture and lifestyles of Kyoto and Japan and is seeking individuals to work as Coliving caretakers and to help maintain the cultural property buildings while living nearby.

The assistance work can be carried out on your own schedule while carrying out remote work and otherwise managing your own schedule (up to a maximum of approximately 30 hours per month).

The Yamaguchi Family lived at the foothills of Nishiyama in Kyoto for many years and operated as a "shoya" (village administrator). The current 20th generation family head continues to carry on the family's traditions today while remaining mindful of the lifestyles of 100 years ago. Water for the building is still sources from wellwater which flows down from Kyoto's Nishiyama and the "okudosan" (traditional cooking stove) is still in working condition as well. This current recruitment offer is for Coliving for someone to live in an apartment 1 minutes' walk from the Taikoukyo cultural heritage. The position offers a variety of opportunities for interaction and contact with people from a wide range of countries and involves providing a place for these people with a chance to experience a place of Japanese cultural value.

*The current offer seeks someone who is able and willing to stay for 1 month (30 nights) or more. The living environment is a quiet area in the suburbs of Kyoto with easy access to central Kyoto in about 30 minutes by train and walk.

Recommended for those interested in
・Experiencing traditional Kyoto and Japanese culture and lifestyles firsthand
・Interacting with people visiting from a variety of different countries

The study of the Taikoukyo Registered Tangible Cultural Property will be available for use for remote work during the day on weekdays. The location offers internet access suitable for remote work.

The Coliving experience offers use of a private room with a bed and bedding, as well as shared areas with furnishings and home electronics, so users can begin their stay with just one suitcase. Rental fee discounts are offered in exchange for the assistance work.

Taikoukyo is visited by Japanese people as well as visitors from overseas. You do not have to speak perfect Japanese but can also be welcoming and helpful in English and other languages.

The 3 main duties of helpers are the following:
 1) Management of the live-in Coliving
 2) Care of the Taikoukyo cultural heritage building
 3) Digital nomad initiatives for achicochi LLC

The work consists of a maximum of approximately 30 hours per month (7.5 hours per week).

If you are interested, please contact us and provide information on your background. Online interviews will be conducted as necessary.

The specific costs for stays will be discussed separately, but are less than half of what it would normally cost to stay at a hotel or guesthouse in Kyoto City.